Piano chords · Waltz garden
How to play Maybe on piano
Written by Claude-Michel Schönberg
- E major
- 6/8
- 99 BPM
- Medium
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Learn Maybe in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: C#m – A – F#sus4 – F#m
How it goes
Maybe sits in E major: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C#m is C#, E and G#; A is A, C# and E; F#sus4 is F#, B and C#; F#m is F#, A and C#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
C#mviAIVF#sus4IIsus4F#mii- C#mC# · E · G#
- AA · C# · E
- F#sus4F# · B · C#
- F#mF# · A · C#
- 2
Left hand: Swan glide
How it goes
Up the chord, then rocking between two notes: a smooth, gliding waltz. Musicians call it broken chord 1-3-5-3-5-3 (3/4) (broken chord), a medium pattern heard in 28 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: the chords, held
How it goes
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
- 4
Both hands at 99 BPM
How it goes
Put the two hands together over the loop. Start at half speed with the player's speed control, and bring it up once every change is easy.
- 5
Ending: A – B – E
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
ABE- BB · D# · F#
- EE · G# · B
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Questions about Maybe
What chords are in Maybe?
The loop is C#m – A – F#sus4 – F#m (vi – IV – IIsus – ii) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is Maybe in?
E major, at about 99 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in Maybe?
Swan glide: broken chord 1-3-5-3-5-3 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Maybe easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.